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These actions fire during order processing, payments, refunds, and invoicing.

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Order Actions

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surecart/order_created

Fires when a new order is created.
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Parameters
Action Parameters
add_action( 'surecart/order_created', function( $order, $data ) {
    // Log new order
    error_log( sprintf( 'New order created: %s', $order ) );
}, 10, 2 );

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surecart/order_updated

Fires when an order is updated. 
add_action( 'surecart/order_updated', function( $order, $data ) {
    // Sync order status changes
    if ( $order->status === 'paid' ) {
        mark_order_complete_in_erp( $order->id );
    }
}, 10, 2 );

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Charge Actions

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surecart/charge_created

Fires when a payment charge is created.
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Parameters
Action Parameters
add_action( 'surecart/charge_created', function( $charge, $data ) {
    // Log successful payment
    error_log( sprintf( 
        'Payment received: %s for %d cents', 
        $charge->id, 
        $charge->amount 
    ) );
    
    // Track revenue
    track_revenue( $charge->amount, $charge->currency );
}, 10, 2 );

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Refund Actions

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surecart/refund_created

Fires when a refund is processed.
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Parameters
Action Parameters
add_action( 'surecart/refund_created', function( $refund, $data ) {
    // Send refund notification
    wp_mail(
        get_option( 'admin_email' ),
        'Refund Processed',
        sprintf( 'A refund of %d cents has been processed.', $refund->amount )
    );
}, 10, 2 );

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Invoice Actions

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surecart/invoice_created

Fires when an invoice is manually created by a user in the admin. This does not fire for automatic subscription invoices or checkout orders—only for invoices explicitly created through the SureCart dashboard.
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Parameters
Action Parameters
add_action( 'surecart/invoice_created', function( $invoice, $data ) {
    // Send invoice to accounting system
    send_to_quickbooks( $invoice );
}, 10, 2 );

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Use Cases

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Track Revenue

add_action( 'surecart/charge_created', function( $charge, $data ) {
    global $wpdb;
    
    // Store in custom revenue table
    $wpdb->insert(
        $wpdb->prefix . 'revenue_tracking',
        [
            'charge_id' => $charge->id,
            'amount' => $charge->amount,
            'currency' => $charge->currency,
            'created_at' => current_time( 'mysql' ),
        ]
    );
}, 10, 2 );

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Handle Refunds

add_action( 'surecart/refund_created', function( $refund, $data ) {
    // Update accounting
    record_refund_in_books( $refund->amount, $refund->currency );
    
    // Notify admin
    wp_mail(
        get_option( 'admin_email' ),
        'Refund Processed',
        sprintf(
            'A refund of $%s has been processed for refund ID: %s',
             $refund->display_amount,
            $refund->id
        )
    );
}, 10, 2 );

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Sync Manual Invoices to Accounting

add_action( 'surecart/invoice_created', function( $invoice, $data ) {
    // Note: This only fires for manually created invoices.
    // For syncing all revenue, use surecart/charge_created instead.
    
    // Fetch the invoice with checkout and customer relations loaded.
    $invoice = \SureCart\Models\Invoice::with(['checkout', 'checkout.customer'])->find( $invoice->id );
    
    $checkout = $invoice->checkout ?? null;
    if ( empty( $checkout ) ) {
        return;
    }
    
    // Send to QuickBooks, Xero, FreshBooks, etc.
    wp_remote_post( 'https://api.quickbooks.com/v3/invoice', [
        'body' => json_encode([
            'Line' => [[
                'Amount' => ( $checkout->total_amount ?? 0 ) / 100,
                'Description' => 'SureCart Invoice ' . $invoice->id,
            ]],
            'CustomerRef' => [
                'value' => $checkout->customer->id ?? '',
            ],
        ]),
        'headers' => [
            'Authorization' => 'Bearer ' . QUICKBOOKS_TOKEN,
            'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
        ],
    ]);
}, 10, 2 );